Awassa Bound

March 4

Our team is complete!  Judy arrived Tuesday night, and Bob and Cindy arrived about an hour ago.  We’ll leave tomorrow morning for Awassa, where our training will begin first thing Monday morning.  It’s the first trip for Bob and Cindy, and it’s always fun to see this great country through the eyes of a new observer.  Everything seems even more beautiful and interesting.  We have our list of participants, and Judy and I are disappointed by a few names that are missing – good friends whose jobs have changed so that their responsibilities would no longer bring them to this training.  We’re hoping that a couple of them might show up at the last minute, since that tends to be a flexible arrangement (like so many things here.)  Everyone is healthy, happy, and eager to get started!  Please be praying for us as we travel tomorrow, and as we prepare to start the training.  If you want to pray in “real time”, remember that we’re 8 hours ahead of the US east coast.  Ciao!  (yes, many people say that here because of the Italian influence from the occupation during World War II!)